People · China
Fanghao Yao (姚方浩)
3×3 · top 14.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025YAOF01
Fanghao Yao (姚方浩) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.04, set at Wuhu Open 2026, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,535th in China. Across 5 competitions since April 2025, he has put 92 official solves on the record across twelve events. His Skewb best has come down from 7.28 in April 2026 to 6.41, a 12% improvement. Fanghao has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.04 | 14.02 | top 14.0% | 5,535 / 28,153 | |
| 4×4 | 43.61 | 47.06 | top 16.5% | 1,788 / 5,926 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.47 | 1:25.61 | top 17.1% | 513 / 1,678 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.83 | 1:33.44 | top 20.5% | 978 / 2,816 | |
| 2×2 | 3.89 | 5.75 | top 25.1% | 4,222 / 15,796 | |
| Skewb | 6.41 | 9.28 | top 29.0% | 1,788 / 5,004 | |
| Clock | 11.14 | — | early days — 3 solves | 726 / 1,843 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.85 | 11.11 | top 35.0% | 3,833 / 10,224 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.35 | 28.46 | top 35.1% | 3,333 / 5,922 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.62 | 3:05.57 | early days — 3 solves | 777 / 1,349 | |
| 7×7 | 4:31.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 775 / 1,261 | |
| Square-1 | 28.26 | 36.37 | top 46.2% | 790 / 1,362 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wuhu Open 2026.
- 19 Apr 2025First competition: Deqing Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Fuzhou Special 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Wuhu Open 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Xianju Bayberry 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Small & Special 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Deqing Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Qingyang Zhao (赵清杨) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chenyi Ye (叶晨佾) — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xuewei Zhang (章学威) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.